The Echo is a Lie (The Hours Before the End book 1)
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The feared villain, exiled and hated by all, recounts their tale to a lone analyst before execution. But as the story unfolds, it becomes clear - the true villain has always been someone else. The empire rewrote history, twisted truth, and crowned heroes from the ashes of betrayal.
Before the Hour Breaks
Book One of The Hours Before the End
In eleven hours, Kaine will be executed.
His final act? Telling the story of a woman who no longer remembers what she did - or what he did to stop her.
Aurelia was brilliant. Beautiful. Dangerous. Now she's nothing but silence in a cell. But her memory is waking up - and with it, the truth Kaine tried to bury.
He says he's not the villain.
He says he loved her.
But the more he speaks, the more that word begins to rot.
A haunting psychological descent into memory, obsession, and betrayal. Nothing is what it seems. Not even him.
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